February 26, 2015 HONOLULU (AP) — The state Senate has confirmed Randall Iwase’s appointment to lead the Public Utilities Commission. Iwase has been the commission’s acting chairman since his nomination in January. more »»

February 22, 2015 The state Board of Agriculture will take up a U.S. Navy proposal this week in Honolulu to allow the importation of bottlenose dolphins for scientific research by the Navy’s Marine Mammal Progra. more »»

February 21, 2015 HONOLULU (AP) — The state Department of Education says Hawaiian language immersion 3rd- and 4th-graders will be able to take assessment tests in the Hawaiian language this spring. more »»

February 19, 2015 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is designating three new national monuments for protection as historic or ecologically significant sites, including Honouliuli National Monument on Oahu, the site... more »»

February 19, 2015 HAUULA, Oahu — The managers of Hawaii’s state parks are turning to social media to counter online photos and statements encouraging people to visit a waterfall where a landslide killed eight people... more »»

February 18, 2015 HONOLULU — Randall Iwase told state senators that if he’s confirmed as chairman of the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, he will make public input a priority when tackling the commission’s biggest... more »»

February 18, 2015 KAILUA-KONA (AP) — A Hawaii fish collector who tore a scuba regulator out of the mouth of an anti-aquarium fish activist won’t have to spend time in jail if he stays out of trouble under a plea... more »»

February 17, 2015 HONOLULU (AP) — The price of gasoline and jet fuel has fallen as oil prices have sharply dropped but the price of an airplane ticket may not follow downward, according to experts in the airline... more »»

February 17, 2015 Two charged in carjacking at UH-Hilo HILO — A 28-year-old Kurtistown man suspected of using a handgun in a carjacking last month at the University of Hawaii Hilo has been indicted on a robbery charge. more »»